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| Property | Organism | Value | Units | ID | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Size range of the majority of viruses | Virus | 30 to 60 Table - link | nm | 109016 | Weinbauer MG. Ecology... |
| Number of genera of plant viruses as of 2006 | Virus | ~80 | genera | 111222 | Rao AL. Genome packaging... |
| Sizes and images of representative isocahedral viruses | Virus | Figure - link | Å | 103114 | Baker TS, Olson NH, Fuller... |
| Concentration of viruses in natural waters during productive part of year | Biosphere | 5×10^6 - 15×10^6 | viruses/ml | 112576 | Bergh O, Børsheim KY... |
| Latent period of viruses infecting ubiquitous marine cyanobacteria | Cyanophages | cyanophage S-BBS1 9 - 17 hours: podovirus P-SSP7 infecting Prochlorococcus MED4 8 hours | hours | 113065 | Weitz, Joshua S. Quantitative... |
| Packaged volume fractions of some bacteriophage and eukaryotic viruses | Virus | Table - link | N/A | 111591 | Purohit PK et al., Forces... |
| Highest nucleotide substitution rate | Virus Microviridae spp. | >1 | substitution/105 nts/day | 110709 | Minot S, Bryson A, Chehoud C... |
| Percentage of human cancers worldwide attributable to viruses | Human Homo sapiens | 20 | % | 100495 | R. Weinberg, The Biology... |
| Ratio between mutation rate in RNA viruses and in vertebrate species | Various | 1e+6 | Unitless | 106588 | Bedford T, Cobey S, Pascual... |
| Percent of bacterial biotic carbon pool in the oceans that are viruses | Biosphere | 5 | % of the carbon of bacteria | 109019 | Weinbauer MG. Ecology... |
| Concentration of Plancomycetes bacteria in P3 alkaline compartment of hindgut | Termite Cubitermes spp | 2.6e+9 | cells/ml | 104950 | Köhler T, Stingl U, Meuser K... |
| Fraction of prokaryotes in oceanic surface waters killed daily by viruses | Biosphere | 20 to 40 | % | 106625 | Suttle CA. Marine vi... |
| Estimated rates of beneficial mutation in E. coli & RNA viruses | Various | 1E-09 - 1E-08 | 1/genome/generation | 112769 | Perfeito L, Fernandes L... |
| Length of rumen ciliates | Ciliate spp. | ~20 - 200 | µm | 112829 | Yokoyama MG, Johnson... |
| largest known virus as of 03/14 | Pithovirus sibericum | Length ~1500 Diameter 500 | nm | 111143 | Legendre, M. et al.,... |
| Rate of productive viral infections necessary to maintain the global population of viruses | Biosphere | ~1E+24 | productive infections/sec | 116995 | Krupovic M, Prangishvili D... |
| Percent of viruses in the natural viral community that might be devoid of DNA | Virus | 13 to 48 | % | 109024 | Weinbauer MG. Ecology... |
| Fraction of microbial biomass in the ocean killed daily by viruses | Biosphere | 20 | % | 105604 | Suttle CA. Marine vi... |
| Data on DNA content, cell volume and minimum doubling time for twelve species of ciliates | Ciliate spp. | Table - link | N/A | 110493 | B. J. Shuter, J. E. Thomas... |
| Specific carbon content | Flagellate spp. | 96.1 | fgC/μm^3 | 108151 | Knut Yngve Borsheim &... |